Post-Soviet diasporas in the age of the internet

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This article examines the impact of recent developments in the diasporas of post-Soviet nationalities during the early 21st century. Its authors argue that new information technologies have a major impact on the creation of identities in diasporas, their interaction with the host countries and the historical homeland, as well as the social adaptation of migrants. Focusing on the evolution of expatriate communities in Russia and its “Near Abroad,” they point out that these diasporas use the Internet to promote common historical, cultural and civilizational values. The article goes on to analyze the information policies of ethnic and cultural organizations, the integration of intellectual elites of post-Soviet diasporas into scientific and educational institutions, the impact of digital technologies on the business activity of diasporas, the daily life of migrant workers, as well as the participation of diasporas in international culture and public diplomacy. The authors conclude that modern means of communicating information have created a fundamentally new environment for migration flows and the creation of diasporas in the post-Soviet space and around the world. Today, this trend plays an important role in economic and cultural integration and social development of Eurasia.

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Efim I. Pivovar

Russian State University for the Humanities

Author for correspondence.
Email: rggu@rggu.ru

Doktor Istoricheskikh Nauk [Dr. habil. hist.], Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Head of the Department of History of the Near Abroad, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

6, Miusskaia Sq., Moscow, 125993, Russia

Vitaly F. Ershov

Russian State University for the Humanities

Email: ershov_vf@mail.ru

Doktor Istoricheskikh Nauk [Dr. habil. hist.], Professor, Chief Researcher of the Department of Post-Soviet Abroad Countries, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies of Russian State University for the Humanities.

6, Miusskaia Sq., Moscow, 125993, Russia

Maria V. Katagoshchina

Moscow Pedagogical State University

Email: marya.katagoshina@yandex.ru

Candidat Istoricheskikh Nauk [PhD in History], Leading Specialist of the Center for the Study of Historical Memory and Citizen Identity, Moscow State Pedagogical University.

1/1, Malaia Pirogovskaia Str., Moscow, 119991, Russia

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